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{{Infobox airline
{{Infobox airline
| airline = Japan Transocean Air<br />{{nobold|{{lang|ja|日本トランスオーシャン航空}}}}<br />{{transliteration|ja|Nihon Toransuōshan Kōkū}}
| airline = Japan Transocean Air Co., Ltd. <br />{{nobold|{{lang|ja|日本トランスオーシャン航空株式会社}}}}<br />{{nobold|{{transliteration|ja|Nihon Toransuōshan Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha}}
| logo = JTA_logo_2011.svg
| logo = JTA_logo_2011.svg
| logo_size = 150
| logo_size = 150
| IATA = NU
| IATA = NU
| ICAO = JTA
| ICAO = JTA
| callsign = JAI OCEAN<ref>{{cite web |title=JO 7340.2J Contractions - Basic with Change 1 & Change 2 |url=https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/7340.2J_Basic_w_Chg_1_and_2_dtd_1_30_20.pdf |website=Federal Aviation Administration |access-date=8 February 2020 |pages=3-1-50, 3-2-42, 3-3-44 |date=3 June 2019}}</ref>
| callsign = JAI OCEAN<ref>{{cite web |title=JO 7340.2J Contractions - Basic with Change 1 & Change 2 |url=https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/7340.2J_Basic_w_Chg_1_and_2_dtd_1_30_20.pdf |website=Federal Aviation Administration |access-date=8 February 2020 |pages=3-1-50, 3-2-42, 3-3-44 |date=3 June 2019}}</ref>
| parent = {{nowrap|[[Japan Airlines]] (72.8%)}}
| parent = {{nowrap|[[Japan Airlines]] (72.8%)}}
| founded = {{start date and age|1967|06|20}}<br />{{small|(as ''Southwest Air Lines'')}}
| founded = {{start date and age|1967|06|20}}<br />{{small|(as ''Southwest Air Lines'')}}
| commenced = {{start date and age|1967|07|}}
| commenced = {{start date and age|1967|07|}}
| headquarters = [[Naha]], [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]], [[Japan]]
| headquarters = [[Naha]], [[Okinawa Prefecture]], [[Japan]]
| key_people = Nozomi Noguchi ([[President (corporate title)|President]] & [[CEO]])
| key_people = Nozomi Noguchi ([[President (corporate title)|President]] & [[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
| hubs = [[Naha Airport]]
| hubs = [[Naha Airport]]
| focus_cities = [[New Ishigaki Airport]]
| focus_cities = [[New Ishigaki Airport]]
| frequent_flyer =
| frequent_flyer =
| lounge =
| lounge =
| alliance = {{nowrap|[[Oneworld]] (affiliate)}}
| alliance = {{nowrap|[[Oneworld]] (affiliate)}}
| fleet_size = 14
| fleet_size = 14
| destinations = 15
| destinations = 15
| num_employees = 814 (31 March 2023) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://jta-okinawa.com/about/ |title=About JTA |access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref>
| num_employees = 814 (31 March 2023) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://jta-okinawa.com/about/ |title=About JTA |access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|www.jal.co.jp/jta}}
| website = {{URL|www.jal.co.jp/jta}}
}}
}}


{{nihongo|'''Japan Transocean Air Co., Ltd.'''|日本トランスオーシャン航空株式会社|Nihon Toransuōshan Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha}}, or '''JTA''', is an [[airline]] based in [[Naha]], [[Okinawa Prefecture]], [[Japan]].<ref>"[http://www.churashima.net/jta/company/info.html Company Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109211230/http://www.churashima.net/jta/company/info.html |date=2018-01-09 }}" (Japanese). ''Japan Transocean Air''. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.</ref> It operates domestic services on behalf of [[Japan Airlines]]. Its main base is [[Naha Airport]].<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 97 | date= 2007-04-03}}</ref> From 1967 until 1993, the airline was known as ''Southwest Air Lines''.
'''Japan Transocean Air''' <!--Please refrain from adding the Japanese name to this section, as it have already been clearly specified in the Infobox. Reiterating the native name in the Lede is unnecessary and redundant.-->('''JTA''') is an [[airline]] based in [[Naha]], [[Okinawa Prefecture]], [[Japan]].<ref>"[http://www.churashima.net/jta/company/info.html Company Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109211230/http://www.churashima.net/jta/company/info.html |date=2018-01-09 }}" (Japanese). ''Japan Transocean Air''. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.</ref> It operates domestic services on behalf of [[Japan Airlines]]. Its main base is [[Naha Airport]].<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 97 | date= 2007-04-03}}</ref> From 1967 until 1993, the airline was known as ''Southwest Air Lines''.


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 08:29, 29 July 2024

"Southwest Air Lines" redirects here. For the United States airline, see Southwest Airlines. For other uses, see Southwest Airlines (disambiguation).

{{Infobox airline | airline = Japan Transocean Air Co., Ltd.
日本トランスオーシャン航空株式会社
Nihon Toransuōshan Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha

Japan Transocean Air (JTA) is an airline based in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.[1] It operates domestic services on behalf of Japan Airlines. Its main base is Naha Airport.[2] From 1967 until 1993, the airline was known as Southwest Air Lines.

History

A former Southwest Air Lines Boeing 737-200
A former JTA Boeing 737-400 in former Southwest Air Lines livery at Chūbu Centrair International Airport, Nagoya, Japan (2013)
A former JTA Boeing 737-400 (2004)

The airline was established on 20 June 1967 as Southwest Air Lines (南西航空, Nansei Kōkū), and started operations in July 1967. It changed its name in July 1993. It had 814 employees (in March 2023) and is owned by Japan Airlines (51.1%), Naha Airport Terminal (17%), Okinawa Prefecture (12.9%) and others (19.1%)[2] It flew Convair 240s until new capital from JAL allowed it to upgrade to NAMC YS-11s, and eventually Boeing 737s. JTA occasionally lends aircraft to JAL in the event of equipment failure. JTA also provides maintenance services for JAL Group Boeing 737-400 aircraft. JTA owns 74.5% of Ryukyu Air Commuter. At one time the head office of Southwest Air Lines was at 306-1 Kagamizu in Naha.[3]

Destinations

JTA serves the following destinations:[4]

Island City Airport Notes Refs
Kyushu Fukuoka Fukuoka Airport
Ryukyu Islands Ishigaki Ishigaki Airport Airport Closed
Ryukyu Islands Ishigaki New Ishigaki Airport Focus city
Kyushu Kagoshima Kagoshima Airport Terminated
Shikoku Kōchi Kōchi Airport Terminated
Honshu Komatsu Komatsu Airport
Ryukyu Islands Kumejima Kumejima Airport
Shikoku Matsuyama Matsuyama Airport Terminated
Ryukyu Islands Miyakojima Miyako Airport
Ryukyu Islands Miyakojima Shimojishima Airport Terminated [5]
Honshu Nagoya Chubu Centrair International Airport
Ryukyu Islands Naha Naha Airport Hub
Honshu Okayama Okayama Airport
Honshu Osaka Kansai International Airport
Honshu Osaka Itami Airport Terminated
Honshu Tokyo Haneda Airport Terminated
Ryukyu Islands Yonaguni Yonaguni Airport Terminated

Fleet

Current fleet

JTA Boeing 737-800

As of June 2024, Japan Transocean Air operates the following aircraft:[6]

Japan Transocean Air fleet
Aircraft Type In fleet Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Boeing 737-800 14 — 20 145 165[7]
Total 14

Former fleet

Japan Transocean Air has previously operated the following aircraft:

Accidents and incidents

Since the airline's foundation, there has only been one accident which was under the former Southwest Air Lines brand.

References

  1. ^ "Company Profile Archived 2018-01-09 at the Wayback Machine" (Japanese). Japan Transocean Air. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 97.
  3. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 10 April 1976. p. 958. "Head Office: 306-1 Kagamizu, Naha, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan."
  4. ^ "About JTA," Japan Transocean Air
  5. ^ a b "Shimojijima Airport," Okinawa Prefecture
  6. ^ a b c d "Japan Transocean Air Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. 2024-06-12. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  7. ^ "Boeing 737-800 (738/73H) / Aircrafts [sic] and seats". Japan Airlines. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  8. ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2Q3 JA8444 Ishigaki Airport (ISG)". Retrieved 21 July 2016.
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